Philosophy:Ascriptivism

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Ascriptivism is the view that human beings are to be held responsible for their social actions.[1] Ascriptivists hold that to say 'an action was voluntary on the part of an agent' is not to describe 'the act as caused in a certain way', but to ascribe it to the agent, or to hold the agent responsible for it.[2]

References

  1. "Ismbook.com". ascriptivism. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509071633/http://www.ismbook.com/ascriptivism.html. Retrieved 2008-04-26. 
  2. Peter Geach. "Hist-analytic.com". ascriptivism. http://www.hist-analytic.com/Geach2.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-01. 

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